National Gazetteer (1868) - Shalfleet

SHALFLEET, a parish in the liberty of West Medina, Isle of Wight, county Hants, 3½ miles S.E. of Yarmouth, its post town, and 5 W. of Newport. The parish, which is of large extent, occupies the northern portion of the island, extending from Yarmouth to Newton Bay. The village, which is chiefly agricultural, is situated on a creek of the Solent, formed by the navigable river Newton, and in the bay is a quay accessible to ships of considerable burden. This place is mentioned in Domesday Survey as having belonged to Gosselin Fitz Azor. The parish includes the hamlet of Mingwood. A stream abounding with trout flows through the parish. There are quarries of good building-stone at Dodpits.

The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Winchester, value £210, in the patronage of the lord chancellor. The church is an ancient Norman edifice with a massive embattled tower surmounted by a spire of more recent erection. The interior contains a series of columns of Purbeck marble, and several windows decorated with the arms of Montacute, Earl of Salisbury, and Isabelle de Fortibus. There are National and infant schools for both sexes. The Primitive Methodists and Baptists have each a place of worship. Shalfleet, Mingwood, and Wellow are the three manors into which the parish is divided.

NINGWOOD, a hamlet in the parish of Shalfleet, Isle of Wight, county Hants, 5 miles W. of Newport.

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]